Mechanical oiler.



' .No. 856.181. PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

c. R. RADGLIFPR.

MEG-HANIGAL OILBR. APPLIOATION FILED snrw.1a.1eo's.

mawtob Tn: NORRIS PETERS cc. WASHINGTON n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE CARLTON ROGERS RADCLIFFE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO INTERNATIONAL PATENT CORPORATION, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

MECHANICAL OILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907,

To aZZ whmn it natty concern:

Be it known that I, CARLTON ROGERS RADCLIFFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Oilers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in mechanical oilers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective means for measuring a predetermined quantity of oil and then conveying it to its destination, said means being driven in any suitable manner, for example, by means of the motor which it is desired to lubricate. WVhen so driven the oiler commences to operate as soon as the motor starts and ceases when said motor stops.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view there of. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front elevation of one oil bucket. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a detail of construction.

A designates an oil tank or receptacle of any suitable shape or configuration.

B designates a ratchet wheel mounted to rotate therein.

O designatesa reciprocating pitman mounted at D upon an eccentric portion of a shaft E.

F designates a pulley on the shaft E. As the pulley rev'olves the pitman C will be reciprocated by it and, through the medium of a pawl G, the ratchet B will be rotated.

II designates a bucket carried by an arm I and'pivoted at II' I designates an offset upon the arm I. J designates a rod which makes a toggle connection at one end of the offset I and is pivoted at its other end to a stud K on the ratchet wheel B. The points I I and K being always out of line, and the point I being on one side of a plane intersecting the points I and K, it follows that as the ratchet B is rotated from the position shown in Fig. 1, it will cause the arm I to swing and raise the bucket H from the position shown in solid lines (Fig. 1) to the position shown in dotted lines.

I-I designates a tripper for the bucket II, its function being hereinafter explained.

L designates a trough having suitable partitions L L, dividing the trough into receiving pockets where the oiler is a multiple feed oiler, and L L designate outlets in trough L for the different pockets.

M is a second trough below the trough L and spaced apart therefrom. M M are partitions therein dividing it into distributing pockets corresponding to the receiving pockets. Between the partitions are outlets M which communicate with the distributing pipes N N.

O is a glass plate or window for the space between the troughs L and M, so that the user may look through and ascertain whether the proper quantity of oil is being delivered to any particular distributing pipe T.

In the particular form of the invention shown in the drawings, the oiler is provided with eight sets of pockets eight distributing pipes and eight buckets, see Fig. 2. These buckets are arranged side by side and are connected by a web H the ends of the web being pivotally mounted on the arms I. The arms I I may each of them be fixed to the bucket pivot I, so that when one arm is moved the other will move correspondingly and to the same extent.

It will be observed that by this arrangement all valves and pumps are eliminated,

and the construction is rendered most simple,

durable and effective.

The buckets are each of them preferably I provided with an adjustable bottom, whereby the capacity of each bucket may be changed as desired. These adjustable bottoms are indicated at H H Fig. 1. If only a slight quantity of oil is needed at each movement of the arm I for any particular bearing, the adjustable bottom in the proper bucket may be raised, for example, to the position shown in Fig. 1. If a greater quantity of oil is required, the adjustable bottom may be lowered. This may be easily effected by screw-threading the interior of the Just before the buckets reach their most elevated position, the tripper arm H engages the side of the trough L and the buckets are tilted so as to discharge their contents into their respective compartments or pockets in the receiving trough L. The oil then flowsthrough the orifices such as L and drips into the distributing trough M, from whence it is conveyed to the various destinations by means of the distributing pipes N N.

What I claim is:

1. In a mechanical oiler, a reservoir, distributing means comprising two troughs therein, one located above the other, there being an outlet from the upper trough into the lower trough, a pipe leading from the lower trough, a bucket and means for moving said bucket from the lower part of the receptacle to the upper part thereof and over said upper trough.

2. A lubricator comprising, a reservoir, a plurality of receiving pockets having unobstructed outlets, a plurality of distributing pockets below said receiving pockets, and means for lifting predetermined quantities of lubricant from the bottom of said reservoir and depositing them in said receiving pockets.

3. A lubricator comprising, a reservoir, a plurality of receiving pockets, independently adjustable means for lifting predetermined quantities of oil from the bottom of said reservoir and depositing them in said pockets, and a plurality of distributing pockets spaced apart but fed from said receiving pockets. 7

4. A lubricator comprlsmg, a casing serving as a reservoir for the lubricant, a receiving trough therein, a plurality of dis tributing pockets fed therefrom and power driven means for lifting lubricant from the bottom of said reservoir and depositing it in said receiving trough, said means including a driving shaft enterin said casing above the normal level of Iubricant contained therein.

5. In a lubricator, a casing, a series of distributing pockets, means in said casing for lifting lubricant and depositing it into said pockets, comprising a rotating wheel, a pivoted'arm, a link connecting said arm and said wheel, and a series of buckets carried by said arm.

6. In a lubricator, a casing forming an oil containing reservoir, a series of distributing pockets, a removable sight plate in front of said pockets, all of said pockets being accessible when said sight plate is removed, a series of receiving pockets having outlets above said distributing pockets and means for lifting individual quantities of oil from the bottom of said reservoir and depositing them in said receiving pockets.

CARLTON ROGERS RADCLIFFE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE O. PERRY, GEO. W. BUSH. 

